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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Welcome to Newman Center Presents, and thank you for your participation and support! Our 12th season features the eclectic mix of artists you’ve come to expect. Together, we discover new artists and new works while also reacquainting ourselves with old friends. NEWMAN CENTER STAFF EXECUTIVE Gregg Kvistad, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Stephen W. Seifert, Executive Director Richard Michel, Budget Manager Miriam Tobin, Administrative Assistant EVENT SERVICES Diane L. Roth, Assistant Director Sarah A. Whitnah (née Johnson), Event and Community Outreach Manager Andrea Copland, Event Coordinator MARKETING Natalie Raborn, Marketing Director PATRON SERVICES Dee Getchel, Assistant Director PRODUCTION SERVICES Garret Glass, Assistant Director Shakeel Wahab, Stage Operations Coordinator/ Audio Engineer Zack Jovanovich, Stage Operations Coordinator/ Lighting Engineer TICKETING SERVICES Richard Moraskie, Assistant Director, Ticketing Services Max Manoles, Assistant Manager of Ticketing ADVERTISING INFORMATION

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The season opens with Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile, two genredefying musicians in an explosion of creativity. With the Hot Sardines we find traditional jazz in the lusty grasp of a young generation of performers, a tap dancer among them! Capitol Steps help burst a few political bubbles, while the audience creates the soundtrack for the Swiss theatrical pantomime troupe MUMMENSCHANZ. The King’s Singers, legendary for their unaccompanied vocal harmonies, will take great advantage of June Swaner Gates Concert Hall’s natural acoustics, as will the Colorado Symphony with renowned conductor and soloist Pinchas Zukerman. Four dance companies show the breadth of movement as artistic expression, from China’s first non-governmentally supported contemporary dance company, to Bill T. Jones’ exploration of the human condition, to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s display of today’s most exciting choreographers, to Diavolo’s thrilling and dangerous work with stage contraptions. We also continue our presentation of artists building on the great traditions of concert hall music but eager to express their own experiences of today’s world. The French double bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons added a fifth string to his bass and developed techniques for playing it so that it fits right in to small ensembles of instruments from various world music traditions. Hear that flamenco guitar? It might just have been Renaud’s bass. The exploratory jazz jam band Medeski Martin & Wood allies with Alarm Will Sound (last here for the thought-provoking multi-media show 1969) for an evening of new music created just for us and CU Presents. Roomful of Teeth, an a cappella ensemble of eight, uses vocal performance practices from around the world to create mesmerizing, thrilling, beautiful sound palettes. The youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music is one of their members. She won the Prize, and the group won a Grammy, for a work you’ll hear in their show. Donal Fox, a pianist of prodigious reach, explores the intersections of improvisation in jazz and Baroque classical music. We’re also excited to have the it gets better tour come to Denver for a week of anti-bullying residency work in schools and community centers, culminating in a performance featuring six members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA and a community chorus created in Denver just for this show. Welcome to your performing arts center at the University of Denver. Thank you for coming. Have a great time!

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NEWMAN CENTER’S VISION STATEMENT At the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, our responsibility, our purpose, and our vision are to: • Celebrate, entertain, inspire, and feed the imagination • Give voice to the innate human need for expression through performance • Educate and prepare better citizens of our community • Begin conversations of ideas • Foster an eagerness for and habits of curiosity and learning • Make the major sources of our own and other cultures accessible to our community • Embrace our differences; celebrate diversity of forms, attitudes, traditions, and populations • Challenge assumptions and encourage creativity and new work, even at the risk of failure • Help teach our cultural heritage through the performance of great works from the past and support creativity by contemporary artists whose new voices will be remembered in the future • Demand excellence and integrity without avoiding controversy • Remind our community that the performing arts have value to our society because they: • Create self-esteem which is earned by striving to achieve high standards • Integrate with other disciplines such as language, history, math, and science • Foster communication and interpersonal skills

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FROM THE CHANCELLOR Welcome to another remarkable evening at the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts. With its beautiful concert halls and theaters designed specifically to showcase human creativity, the Newman Center has emerged as one of the crown jewels of Denver’s arts scene. There is no other complex like it anywhere in the state. Over the years, Denver audiences have come to count on the Newman Center and its acclaimed performing arts series. Night after night, the curtain rises on cutting-edge dance troupes, avant-garde music ensembles, or theatrical companies with an experimental bent. By helping us explore our common humanity and look at life from differing perspectives, these productions foster thought, appreciation, delight and community. This is just one of the many ways in which the University of Denver lives its vision of serving the public good. The Newman Center’s stages are also a catalyst for an explosion of student talent. Every production by students in our Lamont School of Music and Department of Theatre represents a transformation of energy, enthusiasm and dedication into art. Here at the Newman Center, our students pursue their passions and discover their capacity to collaborate and create, to which the rest of us can only say, encore! Enjoy tonight’s performance. May it be just one of many offerings you enjoy with us this season.

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2014-2015 Season All performances take place in June Swaner Gates Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted, and include a free Behind the Curtain discussion one hour before curtain with guest lecturers. Check www.newmancenterpresents.com for additional details. Artists and programs are subject to change. Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Tues, Sep 23, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. Following his stunning, sold-out concert for Newman Center Presents last season, mandolinist extraordinaire Chris Thile returns to open our season, this time with legendary American bassist and composer Edgar Meyer. Thanks to his unparalleled instrumental technique and his gift for composition, Edgar’s work is appreciated by a vast and varied audience. Each of these unique musicians is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award, and each has collaborated with leading musicians of many genres, from Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, and Joshua Bell to Béla Fleck, Mark O’Connor, and Zakir Hussain. Presenting Sponsor – Creative Instinct Hot Sardines Speakeasy Nights Fri, Oct 10, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. Take a blustery brass lineup, lay it over a rhythm section led by a stride piano virtuoso, and tie the whole thing together with a magnetic, one-of-the-boys frontwoman whose voice recalls another era, and you have the Hot Sardines. This NYC outfit (with a tap dancer) has been called “consistently electrifying” (Popmatters). The Sardine sound—wartime Paris via New Orleans, or the other way around—is steeped in the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Fats Waller used to make: straightup, foot-stomping jazz. Pianist-bandleader Evan “Bibs” Palazzo and Paris-born singer Miz Elizabeth (who owe their collaboration to meeting via Craigslist) describe their

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band as “born in the 1920s, but raised in the ’00s,” reflecting a philosophy that Hot Jazz, Dixieland, and Tin Pan Alley tunes are all pop music, not historical artifacts to be handled with kid gloves. Sponsored by Newman Center Members Capitol Steps Fri, Oct 17, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. The Capitol Steps began in 1981 as a group of U.S. Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people who employed them. In the years that followed, having bit the hands that fed them, many of the Steps also ignored the conventional wisdom not to quit their day jobs. The ensemble now tours the U.S., delivering heaping portions of much-needed good humor to the long-suffering American public as the best antidote to politics. They have recorded over 30 albums, given many thousands of shows, and they’re funny— very funny! Founding Partner –The Denver Post MUMMENSCHANZ Sat, Nov 8, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, Nov 9, 2014 / 2:00 p.m. MUMMENSCHANZ is a legendary Swiss silent mask theater troupe that performs in a magical, surreal style. Founded in 1972, the group became popular for its play with bizarre masks and forms, light and shadow. Their weird, timeless creatures join other incredible, colorful, enchanting forms. In 1973, MUMMENSCHANZ toured the USA, Canada, and South America and later enjoyed a three-year run on Broadway.

They appeared as special guest stars in the first season of The Muppet Show in 1976. They also appeared on the award-winning TV show Northern Exposure in the 1990s. In 2012, they toured the world with a 40th anniversary show. If you like MOMIX and Pilobolus, you will enjoy MUMMENSCHANZ! This is a great experience for the whole family! Presenting Sponsor – VAL-U-ADS® – Nov 8 Sponsored by Newman Center Members – Nov 9 Pinchas Zukerman, soloist and conductor with the Colorado Symphony Sun, Nov 16, 2014 / 2:00 p.m. Violist and violinist Pinchas Zukerman has been a phenomenon in the world of music for over four decades and is highly regarded as both a conductor and an instrumentalist. Newman Center Presents is proud to present the best orchestra in our region, the Colorado Symphony, in the region’s best acoustical venue. Come experience classical music as it is meant to be heard. Sponsored by Newman Center Members Beijing Dance/LDTX Tues, Nov 18, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. Established in 2005, Beijing Dance/LDTX is China’s first independent, professional, contemporary dance company, beholden in no way to the government. LDTX translates literally as Thunder Rumbles Under Heaven. Artistic Director Willy Tsao, China’s foremost figure in modern dance, and Deputy Artistic Director Li Hanzhong hold true to the

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Renaud Garcia-Fons Quartet La Línea del Sur Sat, Jan 10, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. From the moment Renaud Garcia-Fons first held a double bass at age sixteen in Paris, the future of the instrument was destined for change. In a flash of insight, he saw possibilities to use the bass to explore all the music that interested him—classical, jazz, Persian, Indian, Mediterranean, South American, and other forms from the world over. He added a fifth string to the high register and innovated bowing and pizzicato techniques. The result is an utterly new sound—an amalgam of double bass, cello, violin, guitar, lute, oud, and more—that exceeds any conventional idea of playing the double bass. La Línea del Sur features a quartet made up of Renaud on double bass, Flamenco guitarist Kiko Ruiz, accordionist David Venitucci, and percussionist Pascal Rollando. Sponsored by Newman Center Members Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Play and Play – An Evening of Movement and Music Sat, Jan 24, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, Jan 25, 2015 / 2:00 p.m. Play and Play showcases Bill T. Jones’ brilliantly i n v e n t i v e choreography set to some of the most enduring music of the ages, including works by Mendelssohn and Mozart. The distinguished director and choreographer has shaped the evolution of contemporary dance over the past three

decades, garnering MacArthur Foundation “Genius,” Obie, and Tony awards, as well as Kennedy Center Honors and a 2014 National Medal of Arts. The evening’s program includes D-Man in the Waters (1989), a joyful tour de force and genuine classic of modern dance. All of the music will be performed live by students of the Lamont School of Music. [Program includes nudity.] This project received support from The Antonia and Vladimir Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. Medeski Martin & Wood + Alarm Will Sound Thu, Feb 5, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Alarm Will Sound returns to Newman Center Presents after its provocative multimedia show, 1969, a few years ago. AWS is one of the most creative alternative classical musical ensembles working today. Just beyond the cutting edge, this 20-member group consists of young, unstuffy musicians presenting virtuosic new compositions. Medeski Martin & Wood has been an experimental jazz and jam-band trio since 1992. This improvisation-driven group, led by keyboardist John Medeski, offers a unique, groove-oriented mix drawing from jazz, African music, funk, and hiphop. Both AWS and MMW have performed throughout the world, from Carnegie Hall to the Biennale in Frankfurt, from Lincoln Center to the Montreux Jazz Festival. This performance marks the premiere of all new works created jointly by the two ensembles for performance at the Newman Center and at the University of Colorado. Sponsored by Newman Center Members

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Sat, Feb 21, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, Feb 22, 2015 / 2:00 p.m. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s bold vision—top global choreographers, distinctive groundbreaking works, and virtuoso dancers—has fostered a jewel of a dance company in the American West. For 17 years, ASFB has served as a prestigious arts incubator and a showcase for choreographic invention, to both popular and critical acclaim. ASFB’s repertoire resonates with eclecticism and energy. The company exudes a European classical aesthetic charged with American athletic vigor. Since 1996, ASFB has commissioned over 27 new works. Among their many choreographer-collaborators are Jorma Elo, Nicolo Fonte, Trey McIntyre, Moses Pendleton, Dwight Rhoden, and Cayetano Soto. Sponsored by Newman Center Members Roomful of Teeth with the Colorado Symphony Fri, Mar 6, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Founded in 2009, Roomful of Teeth is a vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from non-classical traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning project, invites today’s brightest composers to create a repertoire without borders. Their debut album was released in 2012. The New York Times called it “sensually stunning.” It was included on many Best of 2012 lists, topping the classical charts on iTunes and Amazon, even breaking into the top 10 on the Billboard charts. NPR called the album “fiercely beautiful and bravely, utterly exposed.” The album

won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music/ Small Ensemble Performance. In April 2013, ensemble member Caroline Shaw received the Pulitzer Prize in Music for “Partita,” one of the works on the debut album. An iTunes exclusive EP of “Partita” was subsequently released and ranked number one on iTunes Classical charts. ROT will be joined by a string ensemble from the Colorado Symphony. This project received support from The Antonia and Vladimir Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. Donal Fox Inventions Trio: Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project Thu, Apr 2, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Declared “one of the most successful classical/jazz unions in recent memory” by All About Jazz, Donal Fox and the Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project will bring an electric energy to June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Fox plays with an improviser’s spirit of adventure, whether playing stride piano on Baroque repertoire or blending the harmonic language of the New Viennese School with bebop. Be prepared to be wowed as he de- and reconstructs Bach, Piazzola and Schumann, adding propulsive grooves and using composed themes as springboards for glorious improvisational flights. Fox has earned a reputation for fluency across the genres which has led to collaborations with jazz artists such as David Murray, John Stubblefield, and Oliver Lake, as well as the Richmond Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony. With his wide-ranging tastes and virtuosity, you can also expect music from Monk, Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman to round out the evening. Supported by The Porter Adventist Hospital Endowment for the Performing Arts

it gets better Speak Theater Arts / Gay Men’s Chorus of LA / It Gets Better Project Fri, Apr 24, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. it gets better provides a performing arts response to the difficult issue of bullying, one of the most challenging issues among today’s young adults and adolescents. Written and directed by Speak Theater Arts’ Liesel Reinhart, whose company lives by the mantra “don’t be boring!,” it gets better is infused with the dynamic musical energy of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and the internationally recognized It Gets Better Project. In the course of a single week, six members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA will work closely with students and schools in a series of workshops, rehearsals, and community dialogue. The week will culminate in a performance of the show in the Newman Center and is intended to heighten awareness of bullying and its damaging effects on any community. The show features a local chorus and local guests and will include video and text projections from the archives of the It Gets Better Project. This project received support from Colorado Creative Industries; WESTAF, the Western State Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Diavolo Sat, May 9, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, May 10, 2015 / 2:00 p.m. Diavolo, returning to Newman Center Presents after two spectacular performances several years ago, uses abstract and recognized structures on stage to explore the relationship between our built environment and the fragile human 2014-2015 Newman Center Presents

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2014-2015 Season body. Diavolo calls itself “architecture in motion” and fuses many different movement vocabularies—from everyday pedestrian movement to ballet, contemporary dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, martial arts, and hip-hop. According to Artistic Director Jacques Heim, “What we do on stage is like a live abstract painting. There is no narrative, but strong themes pervade the work such as human struggle, fear, danger, survival, chaos, order, deconstruction, reconstruction, destiny, destination, faith, and love.” Diavolo’s performances will include Fluid Infinities, a stunning work set to the music of Philip Glass, commissioned by the LA Philharmonic and premiered in The Hollywood Bowl. Sponsored by Newman Center Members

DID YOU KNOW?! There are about 500 events in the Newman Center every year, which means that the Newman Center has hosted almost 5,500 events in 11 years! Of those 500 events per year, about 350 are through the Lamont School of Music, about 100 are community rentals, about 25 are Newman Center Presents, and about 25 are by the Department of Theatre. Nearly 150,000 people attend events at the Newman Center every season!!!

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COMMISSIONED WORKS The Newman Center is committed to bringing new works of music and dance to life. We are excited to have commissioned or co-commissioned the following works: Co-commissioner, “Kites Over Havana,” by Paquito D’Rivera, performed by the composer with Imani Winds Commissioner, “WE MARCH,” Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra, by Daniel Bernard Roumain, performed by Eliot Fisk, guitar, and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Co-commissioner, “Foreign Bodies,” by Diavolo Dance Theater, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa Pekka Salonen, Music Director, and cocommissioned by the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach Co-commissioner, “Reign Forest,” by Robert Moses, co-commissioned by EcoArts Connections and Lincoln Center Fort Collins, performed by Robert Moses’ Kin Dance Company Co-commissioner, “Provenance,” by Maya Beiser with composers from Israel, Palestine, Algeria, Morocco, Iran and the US, co-commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation, The International Festival of Arts and Ideas, The Jerome Foundation, The Kathy Abelson Foundation, Ronald P. Stanton, NYFA, and NYSCA. Performed by Maya Beiser, cello, Jamey Haddad, percussion, Shane Shanahan, percussion, Bassam Saba, oud, and Shahrokh Yadegari, live electronics Co-commissioner, “Bolero Colorado,” by Larry Keigwin, co-commissioned by EcoArts Connections and the Denver School of the Arts, performed by Keigwin + Company and Denver community performers Co-commissioner, “Imaginary City,” by So Percussion, co-commissioned by Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, The Cleveland Museum of Art, DiverseWorks, and National Performance Network Commissioner, “NO one To kNOW one,” by Andy Akiho, performed by the composer and The Playground Ensemble during the Newman Center Presents’ Mile High Voltage Festival Co-commissioner, “the wood & the vine,” by David Lang, co-commissioned by University of California, Riverside and Santa Fe Concert Association

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Co-Commissioner, “Lifeboat No. 6,” by Payton MacDonald, performed by the composer, JACK Quartet and co-commissioned by Denver Friends of Chamber Music, Historic Denver, Inc., and the Molly Brown House Museum Young Voices of Colorado Co-commissioner, “From Darkness to Light,” music by Ofer Ben-Amots, choreography by Garrett Ammon, co-commissioned by Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Central City Opera, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, and performed as part of A Journey of the Human Spirit Commissioner, solo, acoustical guitar version of Derek Bermel original work “Ritornello” performed by guitarist Mak Grgić

BEHIND THE CURTAIN The Newman Center hand-selects each and every Presents performance, bringing to Denver entertaining, intriguing, and thought-provoking dancers, actors, and musicians. We invite you to join us for free Behind the Curtain discussions where artists, members of the ensembles, or experts in the field discuss anything from that evening’s program to the history and influences of the genre to key moments to watch and listen for during the performance. Talks are free, take place in June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, are open to the public, and start one hour before curtain. Tickets are not required for these pre-performance talks and no RSVP is necessary. Please check the Newman Center event calendar for updates to Behind the Curtain and upcoming speaker announcements. (Speakers are subject to change.)

THE LAMONT SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE The University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music presents more than 300 concerts

a year, many of them free. Complimentary performances include concerts by the symphony orchestra, choirs, wind ensemble, soloists, jazz ensembles, and steel drum ensemble. Some of these concerts require free tickets are available in person only at the Newman Center Box Office. Tickets may be reserved online for a small service charge at www.newmantix.com. Again this season, $5 reserved seats in the Parterre section may be purchased for Lamont Symphony Orchestra concerts. In addition to free concerts, faculty recitals and guest artist performances are presented with a $10 ticket price. DU students, Pioneer Card holders, and other students with valid ID are complimentary. Fall and Spring Lamont Operas and Musicals, South Pacific and The Merry Wives of Windsor, are reserved seating ranging from $11 to $30. Summer and holiday carillon concerts are presented on the Ritchie Center lawn by artists from around the nation. For information, visit www.du.edu/lamont or call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. DU’s Department of Theatre offers students the ability to take part in numerous productions throughout the academic year, including a full slate of student-created productions, all of which are open to the public. For the 2014-15 season, the Department of Theatre will present: • A staged reading of Cleansed (Sep 2014, Byron Theatre) • Fall Quarter’s main stage productions of The Nina Variations by Steven Dietz (Oct 2014, White Box Theatre at J-MAC) and Seagull by Anton Chekhov (Oct and Nov 2014, Byron Theatre) • A staged reading of Rapture, Blister, Burn (Jan 2015, Byron Theatre)

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There will be no intermission this evening.

No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, or videotaped.

This project received support from Colorado Creative Industries; WESTAF, the Western State Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Educational residency work and master classes with it gets better are sponsored in part by The Newman Center Endowed Fund for Experiential and Cultural Learning. This programming is supported in part by The Porter Adventist Hospital Endowment for the Performing Arts.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY LIESEL REINHART MUSIC DIRECTOR & VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS MORTEN KIER FEATURING: JASON CURRIE TYLER HOUSTON AMBER HURST-MARTIN TOD MACOFSKY MARIO MOSLEY JOSHUA SKIDMORE BILLY THOMPSON GINA YOUNG

ACCOMPANIST BILLY THOMPSON CHOREOGRAPHER MARIO MOSLEY COSTUME DESIGNER PHILIP HAYMAN LIGHTING DESIGNER KRISTIE ROLDAN INTERVIEWS BY LIESEL REINHART, TOD MACOFSKY, STEVE HOLZER, & GARY HAYASHI GMCLA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER VERDUGO GMCLA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DR. JOE NADEAU ORIGINAL SONG CONTRIBUTORS MERVYN WARREN & JEFF MARX, BRIAN GRADEN TOUR MANAGEMENT & BOOKING DAVID LIBERMAN/ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVES info@dlartists.com / www.dlartists.com PRESENTED BY:

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM (continued) THE CAST (in alphabetical order) Jason Currie Jay, Ors, Ensemble Tyler Houston Tyler, Jordan, Ensemble Amber Hurst-Martin Maryann, Julie, Ensemble Tod Macofsky John Duran, Ensemble Mario Mosley Jason, Ensemble Joshua Skidmore Gary, Jared, Ensemble Billy Thompson John Mews Gina Young Sara, Wendy, Anne, Ensemble it gets better is performed without an intermission. It Gets Better Project Executive Director Creative Producer Multimedia/Video Audio Consultant

Ted Farley Jimmy Nguyen Ben Jehoshua/Image Line Taylor Hartley & Jordyn Wright Lucio Maramba

Original Piano Composition Outreach Coordinator Tour & Outreach Manager Guitar Coach

Brian Graden Jason Currie Brianne Cohen Noah Hunt

SPECIAL THANKS Eric Himan, Sascha Dupont, Christopher Given Harrison, and Top Shelf Vocal Ensemble Members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles Dan Savage and the It Gets Better Project Team Video contributors to the It Gets Better Project First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Dr. R. Scott Colglazier Senior Minister Performers appear with the cooperation of Theatre Authority West, Inc. ACKNOWLEDGMENT to all of our KICKSTARTER supporters!

PRODUCER Daniel Fisher Matthew Jenner Jimmy Nguyen

SPEAK THEATER ARTS CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Rafael Agustin Liesel Reinhart Steven T. Seagle

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CONTRIBUTORS Michael Graham

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STORY CONTRIBUTORS Special Thanks to all who shared their stories with us: Stephano Park Justin Tindall Rich Meyers Anne Sorrells Wendy Montgomery Maryann Winchester Sara David Julie Tarney John Mews Gary Hayashi Steve Pieters / Greg Thorneycroft John Duran Norm Lynde Peter Johnson Tommy Guastavino Tyler Houston Jay Pryor Gavin Thrasher Steve Holzer

A huge thank you to all of the members of this evening’s Community Chorus: James Knapp, Chorus Director Boni McIntyre Rosemary O’Connor Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Denver Women’s Chorus Rocky Mountain Arts Association

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BIOGRAPHIES JASON CURRIE moved from Atlanta, GA to New York to study opera at The Juilliard School. After receiving his Bachelor of Music, he began to take himself a little less seriously and headed to LA where he began studying at The Groundlings Improv School. There Jason formed the improv team Jetson Lounge and the sketch group Fred For Nothing. Jason’s credits include the film Naked Boys Singing!, TV’s Zeke and Luther, and The Young and the Restless. www.JasonCurrie.com @JasonWCurrie TYLER HOUSTON was born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and grew up both in New England and the Midwest. He began pursuing his performance career from an early age where at 18 he won the First Place Classical Singer Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music. After studying vocal performance at the CIM conservatory, he moved to Los Angeles, CA. He has performed in a variety of theatrical 4 it gets better

and operatic productions such as Jesus in Godspell, Gaston in La Traviata, Pippin in Pippin, and so on. Tyler is also a recording artist and is currently working on his first record (a collection of standards, jazz, and originals). He has recently been accepted to the Vocal Performance program at UCLA for fall of 2014. Follow him at www.tyler-houston.com. AMBER HURST-MARTIN is so grateful to be a part of this amazing project. After receiving her BA in Music from Fordham College at Lincoln Center, she was cast in the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar (Disciple/Soul Sister) where she performed for two seasons before joining the cast of Disney Cruise Lines (Circle of Life Soloist). Other favorite roles include Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Love to Judy, Nicky, Michael, and Deezy. amberhurstmartin.com

BIOGRAPHIES (continued) TOD MACOFSKY is a native of Los Angeles and has been performing there for over 25 years. After studying theatre directing at UCLA, he began doing cruise ship production shows. Tod’s claim to fame is playing the original Bris boy in the hit review Naked Boys Singing! at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood for which he won an LA Weekly Award for Best Musical Ensemble. He has been a proud member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles for 14 years. Tod is the co-writer and one-half of the comic cabaret duo Mack & Poppy. Audiences may remember Tod as a shot, frozen, and decapitated dead body on the ABC-TV show Castle. Look for him on the big screen in the Johnny Depp comedy Mortdecai. MARIO MOSLEY attended the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He’s recorded and performed as a background vocalist for many artists, including Kelly Clarkson. Some film credits include: Dreamgirls, Famous Joe Project, Walk Hard, and Baseketball. Television credits include: iCarly, Mulaney, Hell’s Kitchen, Rupaul’s Drag U, Dance Your Ass Off, Malcolm & Eddie, Hype, The Parkers. Stage credits include: Notre Dame De Paris (Clopin) and Joe’s Garage (L. Ron Hoover), Michael Jackson’s Sisterella (Prince u/s, Ensemble), Wedding Band (Ensemble), Play On! (Ensemble). Choreography credits include World Music Awards, Nickelodeon, Castle, & MADtv as well as several commercials, live shows, and music videos. Mario’s many talents have given him the opportunity to work with some of the entertainment industry’s most recognizable names, including Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, The Pussycat Dolls, Rod Stewart, Jennifer Hudson, Debbie Allen, Zac Efron, Prince, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Olivia Holt, and Gloria Gaynor. He is thrilled to be part of the it gets Better tour and is thankful to be working with such a great team! JOSHUA SKIDMORE is thrilled to be a part of it gets better and looks forward to sharing our message of hope. An east coaster at heart, Joshua now calls LA his home and he has come to enjoy west coast living much more than he thought he would—perfect weather will do that. Joshua attended both UNC-Greensboro and NC School of the Arts where he majored in Acting. Credits include A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Academy Award nominees Patricia Clarkson and Amy Ryan at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Once Upon a Mattress, Hair, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Equus. Joshua is a proud member of Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Love to family, friends, and Dolly P. GINA YOUNG is the black sheep in a family of opera singers and liturgical musicians. She has always been a writer and singer, touring the US and Europe for years with music and theatre projects ranging from folk to punk to performance art pop duo Team Gina,

who reached over a quarter of a million hits on YouTube with their video Butch/Femme. Gina is an accomplished playwright whose play Tales of a Fourth Grade Lesbo deals with those confusing years prior to coming out, and whose newest work Femmes: A Tragedy won the 2014 Jane Chambers Award for Playwriting. She studied Drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is honored to be a part of this amazing cast and creative team who are putting such positive messages out into the world. www.ginayoung.com BILLY THOMPSON is honored to be part of the important work of it gets better. An award-winning composer, musical director, and pianist with a passion for education, he has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Desert Symphony Orchestras, served as Composer-in-Residence with the San Diego Opera Words & Music Educational Outreach program, and is a Resident Artist with Cygnet Theatre in San Diego and Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, MT. He is currently scoring his first feature film. Billy holds a BM in Composition from USC, an MFA in Musical Theatre from SDSU, and is a proud member of AEA. LIESEL REINHART, Writer / Director Liesel is the co-artistic director of LA-based Speak Theater Arts and Professor of Communication Studies at Mt. San Antonio College. She is co-writer of the nationally touring N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK and collaborated to create and direct ArmeniaMania and Woke Up In America. She is also a longtime board member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Her first artistic collaboration with GMCLA was the music-infused world premiere staging of Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; an Epilogue. She is currently in workshop development of an original musical collaboration entitled Limbo. Liesel received the 2013 Stanback-Stroud award From the State of California Academic Senate for her work with diversity in higher education. Her work on this project honors the memory of Mike Donnelly, Marty Harris, and Ray St. Jean. Follow her blog at www.huffingtonpost/lieselreinhart. MORTEN KIER, Music Director / Arranger Morten is a platinum award-winning singer and songwriter out of Copenhagen, Denmark who tours both in the US and abroad. He performs solo (voice and piano), with the vocal group m-pact, and as a lead singer of the band Gårsdagens Lys (The Light of Yesterday). He also works as a producer for other artists; performs as a soloist or background vocalist on animated movies, album productions, and TV; does vocal workshops with Ørehænger; and writes arrangements and handbooks for singers. Morten is the proud owner of the record label Gule Plader, on which he released his first debut album Fra en ny altan (From A New Balcony) in 2008. The album release was followed by more than 120 home concerts in Northern Europe, a it gets better

BIOGRAPHIES (continued) band tour, and several national TV performances. For seven years, Morten was a member of the internationally acclaimed vocal group Basix, whose debut album The Grass (2001) went platinum. He also has a Masters in Vocal Performance from The Royal Academy of Music. Since July 2010, Morten has lived in Hollywood, where he is producing new solo work and serving as the musical director for multiple musical theater productions. KRISTIE ROLDAN, Lighting Designer / Technical Director Kristie has designed for many theatre, opera, and dance companies including the Geffen Playhouse, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Speak Theater Arts. Her lighting credits also include web broadcast, television specials, and DVD projects for artists such as Rihanna, Ben Harper, and John Legend. Her theatrical designs have been seen on tour both nationally and internationally. Kristie’s most recent theatrical work includes N*W*C with Speak Theater Arts, All Hail the Queen with Lesli Margherita, and Some Girl(s) at the Geffen Playhouse. PHIL HAYMAN, Costume Designer Phil was born and raised in Lincoln, NE, and then relocated to Los Angeles in 1980 to study at UCLA. He received a BA in Design in 1985 and an MFA in Costume Design in 1987. Since then, he has worked steadily in the motion picture and television field as a costume supervisor. He has worked on shows such as The West Wing, ER, and True Blood. He is currently working on the television series Sons of Anarchy for F/X and Southland for TNT. He joined GMCLA as a singing member in 2006 and has designed costumes for Chorus productions since 2007. He is proud to be a part of this production and happy to be able to share his work with you. Coming from a mid-sized midwestern town where he was routinely harassed as a youth, Philip proves the adage that “It Does Get Better.” JEFF MARX, Lyricist / Composer Jeff won a Tony Award and a Grammy nomination for co-writing Avenue Q. He has been a proud member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles since 2007. MERVYN WARREN, Lyricist / Composer Mervyn is a five-time Grammy-Award winner and 10-time Grammy nominee who has composed underscore and produced/arranged/ written songs and lyrics for films such as The Wedding Planner, The Preacher’s Wife, A Raisin In The Sun (2008), Living Out Loud, A Walk To Remember, and Sister Act 2. An original member of the vocal sensation Take 6, he has produced/arranged/written numerous records for Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Barbra Streisand, David Foster, Boyz II Men, Michael Bublé, Donna Summer, Chicago, Faith Hill, and many more. In 2010, he co-produced We Are

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The World 25 For Haiti and recently completed both underscore and songs for the musical film Joyful Noise, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton. BRIAN GRADEN, Composer Brian is a prolific composer and touring musician (Ace Oxygen and the Ozones). On the side, he is an Emmy-winning television producer, former head of MTV Networks, and once commissioned Matt Stone and Trey Parker to create an animated video called The Spirit of Christmas, which he later helped develop into a show called South Park. DANIEL R. FISHER, Producer Daniel is an American banker/lawyer living in London as CEO of the European subsidiaries of Wilmington Trust. As a gay man who has been out and proud for over 30 years, he has experienced and witnessed first-hand the difficult but extraordinary evolution of acceptance, understanding, and support for the LGBT community globally. In recognition of the work still to be done to support our current and future generations of LGBT youth in living proud and safe lives in a tolerant world, he is extremely honored to serve as a Producer of the GMCLA’s it gets better. He dedicates his participation in loving memory of his proud gay brother and wonderful man, the late Scott Laurus Fisher. MATTHEW JENNER, Producer Matthew is one of it gets better’s Kickstarter superstars who helped fund this project in memory of Matthew Shepard. JIMMY NGUYEN, Creative Producer Jimmy is a prominent entertainment and digital media lawyer, equal rights advocate, media commentator, and motivational speaker. In law, he is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. At his website www.JimmyWin.com, Jimmy comments about politics, culture, and life while encouraging everyone to SHINE. SPEAK. WIN. He also contributes to the Huffington Post, Advocate.com, FWDNation.com, and HelloGiggles.com. Jimmy was named to a 2012 Huffington Post list of the “Most Influential LGBT Asian Icons” and to Advocate Magazine’s 2010 “Forty Under 40” list of leading LGBT persons. Jimmy is co-founder of the American Readers Theater Association. He is thrilled to help bring it gets better to the stage. DR. JOE NADEAU, GMCLA Artistic Director Joe Nadeau grew up in Bangor, Maine and in 1993 graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education. In 1998, Joe became the artistic director and conductor of Heartland Men’s Chorus in Kansas City. During his fifteen years with HMC, Joe led the chorus in four international GALA festivals,

BIOGRAPHIES (continued) performances (by invitation) at national Chorus America and American Choral Director’s (ACDA) conferences, a European tour, and multiple collaborative performances with other GALA Choruses. Joe has Masters and Doctoral degrees in choral conducting and regularly serves as guest speaker, presenter, clinician, and conductor for regional, state, and national conferences and music festivals. He has taught at every educational level from pre-K through college. CHRISTOPHER VERDUGO, GMCLA Executive Director Christopher was introduced to the gay choral movement at the early age of 18 when he joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida. Three years later, he was made Artistic Director of Paragon Productions, producing theatrical productions for cruise lines and hotels throughout the world. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2003, he continued his nonprofit career with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, developing their Southwest region major donor and event departments. In 2006, Chris became the Deputy Director of Development for Equality California (EQCA) before going out on his own in early 2009 with Chris Verdugo Presents, a fundraising and event consulting firm that worked with such notable nonprofit organizations as Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and EQCA, among others. In July 2011, he formally joined GMCLA as Director of Development and Marketing and recently assumed the role of Executive Director. TED FARLEY, It Gets Better Project Executive Director Ted is the Executive Director with the It Gets Better Project and has spent his career working to make things better for the LGBT community and struggling youth. Prior to his work with IGB, Ted worked with the Alliance for Children’s Rights where he secured more than $10 million worth of volunteered legal services for children in out of home care. Ted has also worked as an attorney with the Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project, where he represented low-income LGBT survivors of domestic violence. In recognition of his advocacy, Ted was the recipient of the Courage Award from the New York City Anti-Violence Project and, in 2013, was selected as an Arcus Foundation LGBT Leadership Fellow. IT GETS BETTER PROJECT™ The It Gets Better Project was founded in September 2010 when the first It Gets Better video was uploaded to YouTube, igniting a worldwide phenomenon. That video offered a desperately needed message of hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. It urged them to tough it out through the bullying

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EDUCATIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS Throughout the past week, the it gets better cast has been leading educational residency activities for area middle and high school students, addressing the problem of bullying in schools. Programs have ranged from school assemblies to creating music videos to presentations with teachers-in-training. The cast has met with students in Denver, Arvada, Colorado Springs, and right here on the DU campus. We would like to thank the following schools and organizations for participating in these programs:

Cesar Chavez Academy Denver

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The GLBT Community Center of Colorado

Morgridge College of Education

Pomona Arts and Humanities

Rainbow Alley

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The weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities will wrap up with a World CafĂŠ on Saturday morning, giving student leaders the opportunity to participate in identifying solutions to the problem of bullying.

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THANK YOU The Newman Center would like to thank Liesel Reinhart and moderator Stephen Seifert, Executive Director of the Newman Center, for leading this evening’s Behind the Curtain lecture.

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN

See complete event descriptions on pages 8–12 of the Newman Center Presents program.

Join us before each Newman Center Presents performance for an opportunity to learn more about anything from the evening’s program to the history and influences of the genre to key moments to watch and listen for during the performance. Tickets are not required for these FREE Behind the Curtain talks, and no RSVP is necessary. Talks take place one hour before curtain in June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, entering on Orchestra Level East for seating.

Diavolo Sat, May 9, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, May 10, 2015 / 2:00 p.m. Remember: COMPLIMENTARY parking is available for all Newman Center Presents shows in the Newman Center garage, subject to availability.

The next Behind the Curtain speaker will be: Diavolo Sat, May 9, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Sun, May 10, 2015 / 2:00 p.m. Diavolo members Renée Larsen Engmyr (Director of Production) and Chisa Yamaguchi (Performer/Institute Co-Director) with moderator Stephen Seifert, Executive Director of the Newman Center

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Before each Newman Center Presents performance, starting at 6:00 p.m., DU Catering Services offers a selection of tasty snacks for purchase in Joy Burns Plaza. So whether you come before the Behind the Curtain lecture or head into the Plaza afterwards, you can get a quick bite before show time!

GIVE THE GIFT OF THE ARTS—GIFT CERTIFICATES! Gift Certificates in any amount are available at the Newman Center Box Office and are redeemable for the purchase of tickets for any performance of the Newman Center Presents 2014–15 Season. They are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, and special gifts year round! The Box Office is open 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday–Friday, 12:00–4:00 p.m. Saturday (September–May), and one hour before performances.

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NEWMAN CENTER MEMBERS & DONORS For information about becoming a Newman Center Member and donor opportunities, please see pages 30–36 of the Newman Center Presents program. Memberships and donations received July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014 are listed on pages 39–42 of the program. Newman Center Memberships since July 1, 2014 BENEFACTOR Beverlee Henry PARTNER Stephen W. Seifert Davol G. Tedder SPONSOR Gordon Appell Family Charitable Fund Diana W. and Mike Kinsey Paula J. Meadows Sean and Natalie Raborn – Power Quip SUPPORTER Carolyn A. Agosta and William Rauschert Leslie Smith Beltrami Mary Jo Craige Kathryn Heet Marian D. Lauterbach Michael E. Leighton – Sage Family Fund W. Peterson Nelson – Nelson Family Foundation

Jean and Ed Onderko Richard K. Replin and Elissa Rae Stein Kathryn Spuhler William A. Stolfus and Andrea G. Richardson Adrian Tinsley CONTRIBUTOR Robert M. and Carole Cantor Adelstein Mary Brothers Charlene S. Byers Joel S. Cohen and Kathryn L. Oberdorfer Geoffrey G. Gordon James P. Hayes Roger L. and Suzanne O. Kinney William Mohrman Mike Moore Jennifer Newman Donovan and Phyllis Rieger Paula Roney David Rosentrater Ruth Elaine Schoening

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Newman Center Donors since July 1, 2014 Charmatz Family Community First Foundation Herschel and Barbara Cravitz Max E. Donaldson Geoffrey Gordon Barbara Jean Hamilton Andrew Hornbrook Meredith Black and L. Roger Hutson Montjoy C. and Frank A. Kugeler Antonia & Vladimir Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. Yolanda McAllister Douglas G. and Laura B. Moran Barbara Neal and Ed Ellis Tracy Paige Forest O. Peneton Kathy A. and Donald D. Rosenkrans Ruth Schoening Stephen W. Seifert

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Carolyn Strand J. Alton and Dorothy J. Templin In memory of Fran Seifert Karin Bond In honor of Beverlee Henry and the Honorable Robert Fullerton In honor of Judi and Robert Newman M Allan and Margot Gilbert Frank In honor of Susanne W. Hamilton, Edith Berliner, and Max Wilmersdoerffer Barbara Hamilton and Paul Primus Newman Endowment for Experiential & Cultural Learning In honor of Margot and Allan Frank In honor of Sue Anschutz Rodgers Beverlee Henry

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DIAVOLO, May 8 and 9 Looking for something exciting to do this upcoming Mother’s Day? Diavolo is a great family show full of dance, gymnastics, and athletic feats! Diavolo, returning to Newman Center Presents after two spectacular performances several years ago, uses abstract and recognized structures on stage to explore the relationship between the danger of our environment and the fragility of the human body. Diavolo calls itself “architecture in motion” and fuses many different movement vocabularies: from everyday pedestrian movement to ballet, contemporary dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, martial arts, and hip-hop. According to Artistic Director Jacques Heim, “What we do on stage is like a live abstract painting. There is no narrative, but strong themes pervade the work such as human struggle, fear, danger, survival, chaos, order, deconstruction, reconstruction, destiny, destination, faith, and love.” Diavolo’s performances will include Fluid Infinities, a stunning work set to the music of Philip Glass, commissioned by the LA Philharmonic and premiered in The Hollywood Bowl. Performances are Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9. For tickets, please go to: www.newmancenterpresents.com/diavolo.

BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS, July 19 Newman Center Presents, in collaboration with the Biennial of the Americas, will bring Rio de Janeirobased Companhia Urbana de Dança to Denver for a week-long program of activities. This will include the creation of a new dance work with Denver’s Wonderbound, premiering at the Biennial of the Americas Festival of Now! on Friday, July 17, as well as a ticketed performance at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, July 19 at 2:00 p.m. CUD will also participate in free public dance workshops for people of all ages and experience, masterclasses for dancers, and a discussion of dance in community settings. Dates and other details of events will be announced soon on both the Newman Center and the Biennial of the Americas websites. Tickets will be available at www.newmantix.com starting May 11, 2015. it gets better 11

2015-16 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT! Boston Brass and Brass All-Stars Big Band Christmas Bells are Swingin’! Wed / Dec 2, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn Rider Almanac Thu / Jan 14, 2016 / 7:30 p.m. Kyle Abraham Dance / Abraham.In.Motion When the Wolves Came In Wed / Jan 20, 2016 / 7:30 p.m. So Percussion with Shara Worden, vocals Sat / Feb 6, 2016 / 7:30 p.m.

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Bill Childs – Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro featuring Diane Reeves, Becca Stevens, and Alicia Olatuja Thu / May 5, 2016 / 7:30 p.m.

Colorado Symphony Tue / Oct 6, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Vertigo Dance Company Reshimo co-presented with Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the JCC Sat / Oct 17, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Michael Feinstein The Great American Songbook co-presented with Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the JCC Thu / Oct 22, 2015 / 7:30 p.m. Anonymous 4 – Final Season Tour 1865 – Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War with Bruce Molsky, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and vocals Sat / Nov 14, 2015 / 7:30 p.m.

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During the 2014-2015 season, these funds will help make the following programming a reality: • Educational residency work and master classes with Pinchas Zukerman; Beijing Dance/LDTX; The King’s Singers; Renaud Garcia-Fons; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.; Medeski, Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound; Aspen Santa Fe Ballet; Roomful of Teeth; Donal Fox; it gets better; and Diavolo are sponsored in part by The Newman Center Endowed Fund for Experiential and Cultural Learning. • Beijing Dance/LDTX, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co., Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Diavolo are supported in part by The Grynberg Family Endowment for Dance Programming and Roger and Meredith Hutson. • Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer; Renaud GarciaFons Quartet; Medeski, Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound; and Roomful of Teeth are supported in part by The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado Endowment for Diverse and Innovative Music. • All Newman Center Presents programming is supported in part by The Porter Adventist Hospital Endowment for the Performing Arts. • Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. and Roomful of Teeth are supported in part by The Antonia and Vladimir Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. If you are interested in supporting Newman Center Presents, please contact Isabel Werner, Director of Development - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Isabel.Werner@du.edu or call 303.871.7467. If you work with a local organization or Denver-area K-12 school and would like to learn more about how Newman Center Presents artists provide educational outreach activities for your school or group, please contact Sarah A. Whitnah (née Johnson), Event and Community Outreach Manager, at Sarah.A.Johnson@du.edu or call 303.871.2862. Please include the following information: your name and position, name of

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To maintain this excellence, the Newman Center Building Endowment needs to grow, and many naming opportunities remain for your gift to the Endowment. Your gift to name a space in the Newman Center offers lasting recognition of your support of the Newman Center’s programming, operations, and facilities. Both current and testamentary gifts to the Newman Center Building Endowment are welcome. If you have already included the Newman Center in your estate, please let us know so that we may appropriately thank you. If you would like more information about how to make a lasting difference to the Newman Center Building Endowment, to Newman Center Presents, or to help the Newman Center continue to make a lasting contribution to the performing arts in our community, please contact Isabel Werner, Director of Development, at 303.871.7467 (Isabel.Werner@du.edu). DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Newman Center for the Performing Arts would like to express its gratitude to the following individuals and organizations who have given generously in 2013–14 (July 2013– June 2014) to support the Newman Center’s Scholarship, Maintenance, Operations and Programming, and Marketing Funds, the Newman Center Endowments discussed earlier, and Newman Center Memberships initiated during this time period: Newman Center Donors Anonymous (several) Leslie Beltrami Carl Berman and Joyce L. Gioia Karin Bond Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Matt Chalek Vernelle C. Columbus Community First Foundation Robert Downes Kevin Fitzpatrick

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PATRON INFORMATION • The Newman Center for the Performing Arts is fully accessible to patrons in wheelchairs and to those with other special needs. Patrons needing accommodations for a disability should call the Box Office as early as possible at 303.871.7720. • Parking is available in the Newman Center parking garage (complimentary for all Newman Center Presents events). Patrons are advised not to park in the neighborhood, as most side streets have one-hour parking only. • Food and beverages are prohibited in the seating areas of all theatres. • No audio, photographic, or video equipment of any kind is allowed in the performance venues. • Artists and programs are subject to change without notice. • All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. • Patrons are encouraged to call the Newman Center for information on the suitability of events for children. • The University of Denver is a smoke-free campus. Smoking is permitted only in the designated smoking area on S. York Street, south of the loading dock.

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